Richard
Mentor
Johnson
Born about in Montgomery, KY
Ancestors 
Son of Moore Johnson
and Margaret (Ringo) Johnson
Brother of
Joseph Johnson
Husband of
Mary Ann Trimble (Owings) Johnson
— married
about 1849 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alberta Ringo (Johnson) Maddox
Died after
after about age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2016
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Biography
- Last record found is from 1870 Montgomery County KY Census, listed as a Merchant. Can't find burial record.
- Mentioned in daughter Alberta's Oct. 1910 obit in Mt. Sterling Advocate that middle name was Mentor and that he was deceased.
Sources
- 1850 Montgomery County KY Census: age 27, Mcht, living with wife Mary and daughter Alberta R., residing with Mary's parents Samuel (farmer) and Lucy OWINGS and their children.
- 1860 Montgomery County KY Census: age 37, living with father Moore and step-mother Eliza and two half-brothers; not with wife Mary or daughter Alberta.
- 1870 Montgomery County KY Census: age 47, Merchant, in Mt. Sterling without his family. It appears that 3 possible sons (but not Alberta) were living with Mary's parents Samuel & Lucy OWINGS farm
- Newspaper article on Moore JOHNSON lists Richard as one of his children. (I do not know which local paper or date of article.)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.78%
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